The Monthly Calendar of Mentorships is an initiative designed by the Capacity Building & Events Committee of the ISC Regional Focal Point for Latin America and the Caribbean to foster peer-to-peer learning, collaboration and professional growth among scientists and science-policy practitioners across the region. The sessions are open to members of ISC-affiliated institutions, young academies and partner networks in the region: https://council.science/events/strengthening-regional-capacity-through-peer-learning-collaboration/
The next session, entitled “Buying a stairway to heaven? On the use of AI models in publishing research results” will take place on 28 October: https://council.science/events/use-of-ai-models-in-publishing-research-results/
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) is now accepting proposals for consideration for IASC funding in 2026 until 5 January 2026 at 13:00 GMT. The funding is provided by the five IASC Working Groups (WGs) (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial. It is aimed at encouraging and supporting science-led international programmes by offering opportunities for planning and coordination, and by facilitating communication and access to facilities.
Proposals can be submitted for: Cross-cutting Projects (relevant for two or more IASC Working Groups); or WG-specific Projects (relevant for only one IASC Working Group)
Call for Decade Actions No. 10/2025 – Programme Expression of Interest – According to the Ocean Decade Implementation Plan, a Decade Programme “is typically global or regional in scale and will contribute to the achievement of one or more of the Ocean Decade Challenges. It is long-term (multi-year), interdisciplinary and will consist of component projects and potentially enabling activities.”
Applicants are first invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) demonstrating the urgency of the initiative and the alignment with the Barcelona Statement, how they are align with existing programmes and science-policy integration.
The Ocean Observations Physics and Climate Panel (OOPC), a scientific expert advisory group to the Global Ocean (GOOS) and Global Climate (GCOS) Observing Systems and the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), is seeking new experts to serve on the panel.
OOPC is in charge of assessing the capabilities, gaps and deficiencies of current ocean physics/climate observing systems. The panel also helps to improve the observing capabilities by encouraging the development of strategies for the ocean observing system evaluation and evolution. In addition, it contributes to the regular reports to the UNFCCC about the status of global climate-observing capacities.
Since 2016, the Leopoldina Akademie Freundeskreis e.V. funds the Johann-Lorenz-Bausch-Fellowship, which enables junior scientists to research on-site at the Leopoldina. It can be awarded to a person for a time of up to four months. Its worth comes to 2,000 Euros per month for graduate students and 2,500 Euros for postdoctoral applicants. Travels to and from abroad can be granted additionally to the aforementioned sum. The scholarship is meant for graduate students and scientists who work in the field of history of science in a narrower or broader sense. Workplace for the entire funding period is the Centre for Science Research of the Leopoldina in Halle (Saale).
Internationally renowned professors in the humanities and social sciences, currently based in the USA, are invited to apply for an exciting opportunity to conduct research at an academic institution in Germany while maintaining ties with their home institution.
The program supports research on the future of democracy, fundamental rights and academic freedom, and the future of transatlantic relations. Funding provides annual research stays in Germany for collaboration and exchange with German colleagues, while also enabling continued contributions to academic and public debates in the USA.
Deadline: Applications can be submitted at any time starting January 15, 2026
The ISC has appointed a Steering Group to guide the work of the Forum on Publishing and Research Assessment, which brings together a broad community of stakeholders to advance global dialogue and action on the future of publishing and research assessment systems: https://council.science/news/steering-group-research-assessment/.
If you are working on reform in scientific publishing or research assessment and would like to contribute to this project, please consider joining the Forum by completing the online form at https://council.science/our-work/forum-science-publishing-assessment/.
Membership of the Forum entails contributing expertise and perspectives to collective discussions on the future of publishing and research assessment, engaging in consultations, reviewing and commenting on emerging outputs, and helping shape the Forum’s priorities and activities over time.
Join this event on Thursday, 13 November in person at 41 Portland Place or online for an interactive policy event focused on engagement in international policy influencing.
Experienced researchers and policy practitioners will:
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Share insights into engaging with policy influencing, through the Academy and elsewhere
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Discuss how they became engaged in policy work
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Highlight the value of engaging with policymakers and share practical advice for researchers wishing to do the same
This free event is open to researchers who consider themselves to be emerging research leaders in biomedical and health fields, offering insights into policy engagement and research impact. You will also hear about different career paths and have the chance to ask questions.
Date and time: 10.00, Thursday 13 November 2025
Location: 41 Portland Place, London
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study) invites applications for its 3–5-month College for Life Sciences Fellowships for the 2026–2027 academic year. The program is open to early-career researchers—including postdocs, junior group leaders, lecturers, and assistant or associate professors—in the life sciences, natural sciences, and medicine. Fellows will have the opportunity to step away from everyday academic demands and join an interdisciplinary community of leading scientists and scholars. The fellowship offers time and space to reflect, explore bold ideas, and foster new scientific collaborations.
The College for Life Sciences, a junior program of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin –Institute for Advanced Study, invites applications from outstanding early-career researchers in the life and natural sciences, medicine, and psychology.
Fellows are given 3–5 months (September 2026–July 2027) to step away from lab and clinic work, develop independent projects, and engage in the intellectually and culturally diverse environment of the Wissenschaftskolleg. The program is open to postdocs, junior group leaders, lecturers, and assistant, associate, or junior professors. Please note: no lab space is provided.
CIFAR is now accepting applications for the 2026-2028 cohort of the CIFAR Global Scholars Program.
CIFAR invites applications from early-career researchers across the natural, biomedical, and social sciences, as well as the humanities. This prestigious program offers a unique chance to collaborate with world-leading researchers, drive transformative knowledge, and address some of the most pressing challenges facing science and society.
The CIFAR Global Scholars Program supports junior faculty in their pivotal first years as independent investigators, providing opportunities to:
- Join one of CIFAR’s interdisciplinary research programs for two years of collaboration and mentorship.
- Receive $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support for expenses such as research, teaching release, trainee support, or travel.
- Apply for additional seed funding for bold, high-risk interdisciplinary projects.
- Gain tailored leadership training in areas including team management, mentorship, science communication, and advocacy.
Eligibility: Applicants must be within the first five years of their first independent faculty appointment, with research aligning with one of CIFAR’s program themes. Open to candidates worldwide—no citizenship or geographic restrictions apply.
Programs accepting applications are:
The Earth System Governance (ESG) Data Directory provides a shared space to list both existing and upcoming environmental governance-related datasets and databases, with links to where more information or downloads are available. It serves as an open resource for the community, supporting transparency, collaboration, and more efficient research—especially for early-career scholars.
The goal is simple: to make existing data more visible and accessible to those who can build on it. You can contribute by submitting information below on relevant datasets or databases to be included in the directory.
GYA alumna Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen, Netherlands), together with a group of colleagues including GYA founding member Amal Amin (National Research Center, Egypt), regularly reflect on issues of fairness and equity in global science and conclude that they need some comparative numbers to convince organizers of global science events to move away from what they perceive as a pattern of mostly-Western-and-a-few-token-non-Western-speakers.
They’ve set up a survey, and request that you both fill it in, and share on your networks.
We are pleased to announce that the call for applications is open for the following three TWAS fellowship Programmes:
1) TWAS-ICCBS Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellowships tenable in Pakistan.
2) TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme tenable in India.
3) TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme tenable in Pakistan.
For full details on eligibility criteria and application procedures, please visit:
For PhD option: https://twas.org/opportunities/fellowships/phd
For Postdoctoral option: https://twas.org/opportunities/fellowships/postdoctoral
Applications from women and candidates from Science and Technology-Lagging countries (STLC) are especially encouraged. For a list of STLC countries, please see https://twas.org/66-countries. Applications from non-STLC developing countries are also eligible and accepted.
For queries please contact:
The American Association of Cancer Research is organising an event on “Bridging the translational gap between pre-clinical, clinical and implementation studies“ on two campuses in Malaysia in November 2025. The events are supported by the Young Scientists Network Malaysia and TWAS Young Affiliates Network, among others, and aim to equip early-career cancer researchers and clinicians with the latest insights, skills, and networking opportunities.
Early Bird Registration (50% off registration fees) is open until 30 April 2025.
EMCRs are invited to use the research funding database provided by scientifyRESEARCH. The open/free version of the database is available to all. A premium version can be accessed for a fee and would have broader functionality, e.g., additional eligibility filters and no ads. A free grant alert service, whereby researchers can sign up to receive email notifications if a relevant grant is posted, can be accessed here: https://www.scientifyresearch.org/content-alert/
This is a continuously updated repository of federal and private funding opportunities that are intended for late postdoctoral investigators and early-career faculty, usually those at or below the rank of assistant professor. Some opportunities may also be open to mid-career faculty; this has been designated in the eligibility requirements. The opportunities are pre-sorted chronologically and alphabetically, and can be searched by funding amount and subject matter.
The Climate Impacts Awards, fund researchers to take on important questions relating to life, health, and wellbeing, with creative approaches that push boundaries. They plan to spend £16 billion by 2032 to advance scientific discovery and take on the world’s most urgent health issues. They believe ground-breaking discoveries are more likely to occur in collaborations between a diverse range of people, so they are working with partners and the teams they fund to support a thriving, inclusive research culture.
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are open to all domains of research and innovation, chosen freely by the applicants in a fully bottom-up manner. Any type of organisation can apply for Horizon Europe funding as long as they have the operational and financial capacity to carry out the tasks they propose.
The UN Foundation and the IPCC are partnering to make climate science more accessible to global youth. The initiative, called #SayItWithScience, uses art to rapidly communicate climate solutions to new audiences. To make IPCC science more accessible, UNF is calling on young artists to help visualize climate solutions and energize the call to “unite behind the science.” As part of the Say It With Science initiative, this artwork would be credited in public communications and could potentially feature in upcoming report releases by the IPCC on the latest science of climate change.
The YAE initially recruited about 100 members from the pool of ERC Starting Grant holders. Since 1st January 2014, the YAE has been open to leading young scholars whose excellence at the international level has been recognised by their peers (for instance, holders of prestigious European or national research grants or awards) for bottom-up nominations (or self-nominations).
The ISC is convening a global network of science communicators across our community to learn, collaborate, network, and collectively advance science as a global public good. The network is open to all interested staff, office bearers, or representatives of ISC Members, affiliated bodies and partners, but will be particularly useful for those in communications-related roles – managing social media and websites, writing blogs and press releases, producing multimedia content, working with press, and doing other similar work.